Set the Administrator's Password via the Management Console

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How do I set the Administrator's passwor
via the Management Console ( not the Control Panel
in WinXP Home edition
Also am I able to reset the Administrator's Password
Thanks for any assistance

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Right-click on MY COMPUTER and select MANAGE.
Expand "Local Users and Groups, click on "Users", then
right-click on Administrator and select "Set Password".

Also see:

How can I change my user-account password from a Command Prompt?
http://www.petri.co.il/change_user_password_from_the_command_prompt.htm

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Windows XP - Shell/User

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"dlhelling" (e-mail address removed) wrote in message:

| How do I set the Administrator's password
| via the Management Console ( not the Control Panel )
| in WinXP Home edition ?
| Also am I able to reset the Administrator's Password ?
| Thanks for any assistance.
|

 

[Kent W. England [MVP]]

Right-click on MY COMPUTER and select MANAGE.
Expand "Local Users and Groups, click on "Users", then
right-click on Administrator and select "Set Password".

Also see:

How can I change my user-account password from a Command Prompt?
http://www.petri.co.il/change_user_password_from_the_command_prompt.htm

Drat. Your unique quoting cause my newsreader to assume that the quoted
material is part of your signature (using Thunderbird at the moment). So
I can't easily include the OP quote. (FYI)

The OP said this was XP Home, so that approach won't work as the OP most
likely already knows from experience. I know no way around this.
lusrmgr.msc is missing from XP Home Edition, likely because you have
problems if you set account types to anything other than Administrator
or User (limited).

You use the User Accounts control panel or perhaps "net user" command
will work. (net user <username> <password>) or you can run "control
userpasswords2" to use the old win2K user accounts control panel, but
beware of changing user account types.